PRINCIPALS’ FINANCIAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT COMPETENCY AS A PREDICTOR OF TEACHERS’ JOB SATISFACTION IN PUBLIC SECONDARY SCHOOLS IN KEBBI STATE, NIGERIA

Abstract

The study investigated principals’ financial resource management competency as predictor of teachers’ job satisfaction in public secondary schools in Kebbi State, Nigeria. one research question guided the study and one null hypothesis which was tested at 0.05 level of significance. Correlation research design was adopted for the study. The population of the study comprised 14,584 teachers in the 248 public secondary schools in Kebbi State. A sample size of 731 teachers was drawn for the study using proportionate sampling technique. Two sets of instruments titled Principals’ Resource Management Competency Scale (PRMCS) and Teachers’ Job Satisfaction Scale(TJSS) were used to collect data.  The instruments were validated by three experts, two from the Department of Educational Management and Policy, and one from the Department of Educational Foundations, Nnamdi Azikiwe University. Cronbach alpha was used for a test of internal consistency of the instrument and it yielded reliability coefficients of 0.79, 0.80 while coefficient value of 0.82 was obtained for TJSS. The researcher together with five research assistants collected data for the study using the direct administration method and 97% return was recorded. Simple regression was used to answer the research question and the test hypothesis. while multiple regression was used to answer research question and test hypothesis. The findings of the study revealed among others that principals’ financial resource management competency are moderate and significant predictors of teachers’ job satisfaction in public secondary schools in Kebbi State, Nigeria. Based on the finding, it was recommended among others that Ministry of Education should organize annual training programmes for principals to improve their management competencies (financial resource management competency) to enhance the job satisfaction of teachers.